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Slashes have the problem of being notation used for the IPA. So if you dabble in linguistics like I do. That might be a problem.
by rudyon 4y ago
Slashes have the problem of being notation used for the IPA. So if you dabble in linguistics like I do. That might be a problem.
- wjsetzer 4y agoSince IPA uses a lot of unicode characters, would it be that much of a problem? IPA, imo, usually has a very specific look to it that wouldn't be confused with "normal" text.
- frenchy 4y agoIt wouldn't be that much of a problem, but I think there's enough room for confusion, that I think people just wouldn't bother with it. For example, while it would be obvious that /tiθ/ is "teeth", something like /bad/ could be "bad" emphasized, or "bod". It wouldn't be that hard to disambiguate, but it is a little extra strain on the reader. Most of the time, italics aren't actually all that important though, and could easily be replaced with other linguistic features. Edit, another thing is that the slashes is actually graphemic notation, not phonetic. There's no reason that you have to use something modeled off the IPA there, it's just common to do so. You could use any alphabet.
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- rustyminnow 4y agoWhat is "the IPA"? Is that "the International Phonetic Alphabet"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabe...
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- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoThat would be my wager. In particular, it seems they're talking about the / ... / notation described in the first table here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Brackets_and_transcription_delimiters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabe...